Ah, fragments of a whole ordained to be,

Points in the life I waited! what are ye

But roundels of a ladder which appeared

Awhile the very platform it was reared

To lift me on?—that happiness I find

Proofs of my faith in, even in the blind

Instinct which bade forego you all unless

Ye led me past yourselves. Ay, happiness

He may neither renounce nor satisfy;

Awaited me; the way life should be used